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'I’ve been wearing the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses for a week — they’re great, but they could be so much more'

The Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses can do some really cool things thanks to their built-in display, but with limited third-party app support and a mediocre map experience, it’s hard to justify their price.

Tom’s Guide

8 “Secure” Payment Apps That Don’t Cover You in Court

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps have made sending money as easy as sending a text. They feel safe and are backed by major tech companies and banks. We use them to pay the babysitter, split a dinner bill, or buy something online. We trust them. But that trust is dangerously misplaced.…

Budget and the Bees

Meta's changed the Facebook Messenger logo at the worst possible time

Is this Mark Zuckerberg's "masculine energy"?

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How to Unite All Messengers in One App and Manage Communication Properly

Okay, so I have a confession to make. Managing multiple messaging platforms—whether it is WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, or even good old email—has been a headache for me.

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How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material

Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected

The Guardian - US

Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all got hit by a big outage – but they're back up again

Facebook and Instagram suffered an outage due to technical difficulties, but we've yet to hear the full details.

TechRadar

Tech Titans Yield To New EU Rules Before March Deadline

2024 will be a year of change for the world's biggest tech companies as they bow to EU rules that come into force next month, shaking up how Europeans use vastly popular platforms from Google to Instagram.

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WhatsApp poses a major threat to Apple's iMessage dominance

This article discusses the growing threat to Apple's iMessage from competitors like WhatsApp, as Meta aims to challenge its dominance in the US market.

Top News

Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger

Meta submitted nearly 95% of 29m reports of child sexual abuse material in 2022 and encryption will make it harder to detect

The Guardian - US

Facebook Messenger gets its biggest ever update – including a major privacy boost

Major upgrades are heading to the Facebook Messenger app, and the roll out is starting straight away.

TechRadar

Meta is separating Instagram and Facebook messages as the EU watches on

Meta has announced it is disconnecting Instagram and Facebook's messaging, with the EU possibly a concern.

iMore

Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats

Meta is removing the cross-app feature of chatting with your Facebook friends via Instagram.

Android Central

8 countries with the strictest VPN laws

Not all countries allow VPN use within their borders. Here are the 8 major countries where VPNs are illegal or under heavy surveillance.

Tom’s Guide

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says

Suella Braverman accused the company of failing to provide assurances that underage users will be protected from predators.

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Meta’s new end-to-end encryption ‘means thousands of criminals could go undetected’

Suella Braverman urges social media giant to reconsider plans to “go dark” amid fears it could leave children vulnerable to predators

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Child Safety Or Privacy? UK Holds Firm On Online Safety Bill Amid Big Tech Backlash

By July 2023, Apple threatened to withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the U.K. market if the bill became law.

Android Central

Facebook Messenger is breaking up with SMS

Facebook Messenger will no longer support SMS integration by the end of September. The app will redirect users to use their default messaging app.

TechRadar

Facebook Messenger is losing a useful messaging feature soon

Facebook Messenger is losing SMS message support on September 28, 2023.

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Nasty malware disguised as chat app can track your live location - is it on your phone?

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Facebook Messenger users are being targeted by a fake instant messaging app.

Tom’s Guide

Google wants to better secure your messages by standardizing encryption

Google wants messaging apps to use a standardized encryption protocol — but will it work?

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'I never knew it could do that!' This hidden iPhone trick is genius and you just have to shake your device to make it work

Am I the last to discover this iPhone trick that might just save you wasting ages trying to recover from little mistakes?

The Independent UK

Braverman writes to Zuckerberg expressing concerns over Meta’s encryption plans

The Home Secretary told the Commons about the critical role that tech companies such as Meta play in supporting UK law enforcement agencies.

Evening Standard

What is encryption? Minister warns Facebook and Instagram against introducing security feature

Tom Tugendhat says platforms will no longer be able to spot child grooming if they introduce encryption

Millions of Apple users warned of a major messaging downgrade

Bad news for Facebook Messenger users: Meta's killing it off in a matter of weeks

Tom’s Guide

How to deactivate Facebook

Facebook can be addictive and tough to break away from, here's how to deactivate Facebook and take a well-earned break from social media.

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